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The design and investigation of the self-assembly of dimers with two nematic phases

Z. Ahmed, Chris Welch, Georg H. Mehl

RSC Advances · 2015 · 61 citations · 39 references

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Non-symmetric nematic dimers are designed and investigated by OPM, DSC and XRD; assembly models for the N<sub>x</sub>phase are developed.

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